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How in-house legal counsel manage arbitration disputes

22 July 2021

Read Jus Mundi’s July 2021 report: “How to Manage Arbitration Disputes In-House”, featuring LALIVE Associate Baptiste Rigaudeau’s external counsel perspective on the topic. The report […]

WINNER OF THE PIERRE LALIVE AND JOHN HENRY MERRYMAN FELLOWSHIP

21 July 2021

LALIVE is delighted to announce that Tamás Szabados is awarded the 2021 Pierre Lalive and John Henry Merryman Fellowship in Art and Cultural Heritage Law, […]

Hot Topics in International Arbitration

20 July 2021

LALIVE Associate, Simon Bianchi, was a speaker at ELSA Switzerland’s first-ever Webinar Academy on Arbitration this 17-18 July 2021. Simon’s workshop on “Hot Topics in […]

ICC Court re-appointment for LALIVE

12 July 2021

Congratulations to LALIVE partner Domitille Baizeau who has been re-elected as a member of the ICC International Court of Arbitration for another three-year term, by […]

LALIVE tops table on ratio of women partners at leading Swiss law firms

6 July 2021

LALIVE continues to lead the way in Switzerland with its high female partner count. See Reports Legal: Swiss Report July 2021 ‘Where are all the […]

GAR Awards 2021: LALIVE again ranked in the top 30 in arbitration

2 July 2021

We are proud of LALIVE’s renewed ranking among the world’s top 30 arbitration firms, as revealed yesterday by Global Arbitration Review – GAR. LALIVE is […]

Lalive partner Catherine Anne Kunz and fellow founders won the GAR Equal Representation in Arbitration Pledge Award 2021

2 July 2021

We are delighted LALIVE Partner Catherine Anne Kunz and fellow founders have won the GAR Equal Representation in Arbitration Pledge award, for the launch of […]

LALIVE PARTNER SIMONE NADELHOFER RANKED AMONG THE 100 WOMEN IN INVESTIGATIONS 2021 BY GIR

18 May 2021

LALIVE is delighted that Partner Simone Nadelhofer is ranked among the 100 Women in Investigations 2021 by Global Investigations Review. The list is compiled from […]

LALIVE Partner, Nicolas Ollivier, discussed the contemplated UK-Swiss bilateral agreement on financial services at the BIICL webinar on Swiss-UK Bilateral Relations outside EU Membership – alongside keynote speaker, his Excellency Mr. Alexandre Fasel, Ambassador of Switzerland to the United Kingdom.

30 April 2021

Brexit has led to a new triangle of legal relations in Europe outside of EU membership: UK-EU; Swiss-EU; and UK-Swiss. The United Kingdom left the […]

“Dispensing with written consent – or consent altogether – in third-party extensions under the New York Convention”, an article co-authored by Melissa Magliana and Philippe Hovaguimian

28 April 2021

In an article published by b-Arbitra and available here, LALIVE partner Melissa Magliana and associate Philippe Hovaguimian discuss two recent decisions allowing a third party […]

LALIVE recipient of three Who’s Who Legal Switzerland awards and Sandrine Giroud awarded Lawyer of the Year in Asset Recovery

10 March 2021

We are delighted to announce that LALIVE has again been awarded the Who’s Who Legal Switzerland 2021 Firm of the Year in Arbitration and in […]

Switzerland designates Matthias Scherer to the ICSID Panel of Arbitrators

5 February 2021

We are pleased to report that LALIVE partner Matthias Scherer has been designated by Switzerland to the ICSID Panel of Arbitrators. The designation is for a […]

LALIVE litigation partners’ appointments at the IBA

27 January 2021

We are delighted to announce that Sandrine Giroud has been appointed Senior Officer of the IBA’s Litigation Committee holding the function of Treasurer, Simone Nadelhofer […]

Who’s Who Legal recognises 19 LALIVE practitioners in its arbitration guide 2021

18 December 2020

We are delighted to announce that eight LALIVE partners (Matthias Scherer, Veijo Heiskanen, Domitille Baizeau, Bernd Ehle, Noradèle Radjai, Marc Veit, Joachim Knoll and Melissa […]

LALIVE arbitration experts recognised as Thought Leaders in Construction by Who’s Who Legal 2020

17 December 2020

We are delighted to announce that LALIVE partners Michael E Schneider, Matthias Scherer and Bernd Ehle, and Counsel Sam Moss, have been recognised as Thought […]

“Banking and finance disputes: to arbitrate or not to arbitrate, that is the question” An article co-authored by Nicolas Ollivier and Caroline dos Santos

8 December 2020

LALIVE Counsel Nicolas Ollivier and associate Caroline dos Santos co-authored the article “Banking and finance disputes: to arbitrate or not to arbitrate, that is the […]

LALIVE partner Noradèle Radjai appointed Vice-Chair of the IBA Arbitration Committee

7 December 2020

We are delighted to announce that LALIVE partner Noradèle Radjai has been appointed Vice-Chair of the IBA Arbitration Committee as of January 2021. Noradèle Radjai […]

LALIVE associate Pierre-Yves Marro appointed as Privatdozent by Zurich University

30 November 2020

We are delighted to announce that the Board of Zurich University has appointed LALIVE associate Pierre-Yves Marro as Privatdozent (venia legendi: public international law and […]

LALIVE promotes in Geneva, Zurich and London

25 November 2020

LALIVE is delighted to announce the promotion of Nicolas Ollivier and Dominik Elmiger to the partnership, of Lorraine de Germiny to partner of the firm’s […]

“Neuer Zeitpunkt der Begründung und Bezifferung der Zivilklage”, an article co-authored by Simone Nadelhofer and Tabea Segessenmann

20 November 2020

LALIVE partner Simone Nadelhofer and associate Tabea Segessenmann co-authored the article “Neuer Zeitpunkt der Begründung und Bezifferung der Zivilklage” (The New Timing of the Quantification […]